Fee Fo
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You actually hope your husband won't come to bed, because he'll move the duvet!
You know it's cold when.....
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Festive_Felicitations
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Some of these are really funny!
To go to bed you pull your PJ's on over what you were wearing during the day to keep your bed cleanish.
You sleep on your water bottle and it is still frozen solid in the morning.
You can't start the diesel 4x4's till the sun has been on them for a while.
Was I in England during the deep freeze? Nope - camping in the desert near Alice Springs mid-winter
PS Evelyn what part of NZ are you in? I've been there in Dec and needed my coat and all the layers while walking UP a mountain...
To go to bed you pull your PJ's on over what you were wearing during the day to keep your bed cleanish.
You sleep on your water bottle and it is still frozen solid in the morning.
You can't start the diesel 4x4's till the sun has been on them for a while.
Was I in England during the deep freeze? Nope - camping in the desert near Alice Springs mid-winter
PS Evelyn what part of NZ are you in? I've been there in Dec and needed my coat and all the layers while walking UP a mountain...
smirnoff_ice07
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you walk in to the bottle room at work which has a chiller set at 2 degrees and think "**** it's warm in here!!
you can stand on the ice in the water trough.
you can stand on the ice in the water trough.
LauraWheeler
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You go out to check the horrid one and find this. 
Poor Herbie had icicles in his mane and even on his eyelashes.
Poor Herbie had icicles in his mane and even on his eyelashes.
Hippona
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...the locks are all frozen, and you accidentally freeze your lips to them trying to blow warm breath on them to thaw them out
...you can be seen going at the frozen-shut trailer door with a hammer to get at your paddock hay
....poo-picking resembles gold mining.....hacking away at frozen poo with a bent pooper scooper
....you bend a hoof pick trying to remove pony's high-heels.
...you find a frozen rat in a water bucket
....breakfasts made up the night before have frozen solid...and the only way to remove it from the bucket is with a claw hammer...
(yes- I thought it a good idea to mix the chaff/speedibeet last night- I swear you could use it for road foundations this morning)
...you can be seen going at the frozen-shut trailer door with a hammer to get at your paddock hay
....poo-picking resembles gold mining.....hacking away at frozen poo with a bent pooper scooper
....you bend a hoof pick trying to remove pony's high-heels.
...you find a frozen rat in a water bucket
....breakfasts made up the night before have frozen solid...and the only way to remove it from the bucket is with a claw hammer...
(yes- I thought it a good idea to mix the chaff/speedibeet last night- I swear you could use it for road foundations this morning)
Doormouse
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You fall over on the ice, it doesn't hurt at all due to layers of clothing but you discover you are stuck like a beetle on it's back and once again due to layer of clothing you are destined to remain prostrate on the floor until the other liveries stop laughing and help you up!
Becca-84
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Hahahaha!! This made me lol! Sorry, shouldn't laugh. I don't envy you guys ONE bit (it's 23c here today
*runs away really really fast!!*)Actually wish I hadn't read this, I just booked flights back to UK for 2 weeks at Christmas
Hope it's warmer then Rana
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...When your woolly hat freezes to your head...
...If you spill water on your gloves/jeans, it freezes instantly...
...When your dog refuses to come out of the car because it's warmer...
...When the cats start fighting over who's sitting nearest the heater...
...When your wipers stick to your windscreen as you're driving...
Not so bad here (so far), but remembering from last time!
...If you spill water on your gloves/jeans, it freezes instantly...
...When your dog refuses to come out of the car because it's warmer...
...When the cats start fighting over who's sitting nearest the heater...
...When your wipers stick to your windscreen as you're driving...
Not so bad here (so far), but remembering from last time!
_Rach_
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You know its cold when you fill buckets full of water, walk 200m, to the stable and by the time you get there its frozen on the top !!
!!Dirty_D
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...you find a frozen rat in a water bucket
haha thats us, we all cheer as its one less on the yard!
JenHunt
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you know its cold when...
you're having icicle races... and yours finally gets to the ground.
even the Skoda refuses to start in the morning (but in its defence, it was -20!).
the little lonely hen has given up trying to go out each day and just hangs around int he feed shed.
OH has gone out in 4 layers of merino wool for a run on the moors, but gives up because the snow is thigh depth, which means he can't technically walk in it, nevermind run!
even after 2 hours of sledging with no waterproofs you're still dry because nothing is melting against your skin!
you're having icicle races... and yours finally gets to the ground
.even the Skoda refuses to start in the morning (but in its defence, it was -20!).
the little lonely hen has given up trying to go out each day and just hangs around int he feed shed.
OH has gone out in 4 layers of merino wool for a run on the moors, but gives up because the snow is thigh depth, which means he can't technically walk in it, nevermind run!
even after 2 hours of sledging with no waterproofs you're still dry because nothing is melting against your skin!
Queenbee
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Still around then is it?!!! Bless... Well Twizzeltoe and Wine here's one for you...
You know its cold when...
Even Ebony/Queenbee wants to come into her stable, behaves like an angel, keeps her bed clean and doesn't want to go out in the horning
just came on here to catch up on the thread and, well, errrrrm......
Last word was meant to be MORNING!!!
FairyLights
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the woodburners are lit,both of them and the central heating is on,and itsonly a small cottage. When you walk to the yard and the hairs in your nose freeze and when you get to the yard and start mucking out the poo is frozen solid,the wet straw is frozen solid, you cant undo the haynets and you burst into tears. like I did this morning.
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lottie940
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the sugar beet is frozen solid
the carrots buried in the feed bin are frozen!
all yards taps and indoor taps and sinks are frozen
your hand sticks to anything metal!
it's too painful to pick anything up cos' your fingers have gone so numb!
the carrots buried in the feed bin are frozen!
all yards taps and indoor taps and sinks are frozen
your hand sticks to anything metal!
it's too painful to pick anything up cos' your fingers have gone so numb!
kezimac
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Car door frozen solid - happened to me 5 days in a row, yet I cunningly still keep the de-icer in the car
ha me too - and guess what i too keep the deicer inside the car!!!!!!!!
Puppy
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When the weighing scales in my feed room are too cold to function!
When you have to take a hammer to the water trough!
When you have to take a hammer to the water trough!
Spudlet
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When you go for a walk around an empty field, and you realise that since obviously no one has had any need to defrost the water trough, it has apparently frozen solid, all the way down!
I reckon I could have stood on it, but I was a bit scared in case I was wrong and I ended up soaked to the knees
I reckon I could have stood on it, but I was a bit scared in case I was wrong and I ended up soaked to the knees
Fee Fo
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...your husband's crow bar and a sledgehammer wasn't enough the break the ice on the trough, but it doesn't matter because the horses have got used to the fact that I can't keep up quick ebough with it refreezing, and just eat snow instead.
.....your friend has given up after falling on her a£$e with 2 water buckets, and has put her 2 in livery for a month. I WIN!!!!! Do I get a prize??!! Yes, have an ice sculpture cleverly sculpted into a manure pile...... Oh right.
.....your friend has given up after falling on her a£$e with 2 water buckets, and has put her 2 in livery for a month. I WIN!!!!! Do I get a prize??!! Yes, have an ice sculpture cleverly sculpted into a manure pile...... Oh right.
Annagain
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The farm dog who normally won't darken the door of the house not only agrees to go into the kitchen overnight but then refuses to go back out in the morning.
On a slightly different note could somebody please explain why my two IDx blanket clipped boys are still toastie warm both morning and night, despite only being in middleweight rugs and snuggy hoods? Are they freaks?
On a slightly different note could somebody please explain why my two IDx blanket clipped boys are still toastie warm both morning and night, despite only being in middleweight rugs and snuggy hoods? Are they freaks?
LauraWheeler
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When you go for a walk around an empty field, and you realise that since obviously no one has had any need to defrost the water trough, it has apparently frozen solid, all the way down!
I reckon I could have stood on it, but I was a bit scared in case I was wrong and I ended up soaked to the knees
LOL I can stand on my troughs and jump up and down (I smash them with a hammer every day.
) One morning it's not gonna be frozen solid though and i'm gonna get soaked 
Jane_Lou
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When the cat comes into the house to use the litter tray as the ground is too hard to dig and appropriate hole! Smelly.......
sarahann1
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When your car is so frozen shut the only route in is via the boot
You think you haven't blown your nose right and in fact its your nose hair freezing
You try and learn the art of talking with your mouth shut so your teeth don't hurt
You *must* remember a flask of hot water to defrost feeds
You have to leave taps running
You can make giant bucket shaped ice cubes with no trouble
You are happy filling up extra water buckets because it keeps you moving so warmer
Your cat sits on the bed waiting for you to make her a wee nest to sleep in
You wear your yard boots walking to work, then just keep them on
You bring a slanket, fingerless gloves, a granny shawl and scarf into work - in a office....
You think you haven't blown your nose right and in fact its your nose hair freezing
You try and learn the art of talking with your mouth shut so your teeth don't hurt
You *must* remember a flask of hot water to defrost feeds
You have to leave taps running
You can make giant bucket shaped ice cubes with no trouble
You are happy filling up extra water buckets because it keeps you moving so warmer
Your cat sits on the bed waiting for you to make her a wee nest to sleep in
You wear your yard boots walking to work, then just keep them on
You bring a slanket, fingerless gloves, a granny shawl and scarf into work - in a office....
TicTac
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you actually enjoy jumping up and down on the muck heap and kicking it around a bit to let the heat warm up your feet!
sakura
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when your car doors are frozen shut
when your samoyed is perfectly comfortable around the house as it's the right temperature for him despite the heating being on all the time!
when your fingers freeze into a claw shape, okay so I do suffer with Raynauds but it's very scary when they freeze bent and very painful when they come too!
when your samoyed is perfectly comfortable around the house as it's the right temperature for him despite the heating being on all the time!
when your fingers freeze into a claw shape, okay so I do suffer with Raynauds but it's very scary when they freeze bent and very painful when they come too!
JenHunt
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not at all.. my fully clipped ID went out without his rug on yesterday for a couple of hours before i felt too guilty and went and put it back on again! He was plenty warm enough though, and ok so his rug is a hw he could probably get away with a mw.
Rosehip
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My nose hairs freeze...que choking fit and mass hysteria!(I had a root canal the other day and cant open mouth!!)
We have the heater in the tack room running 24/7 so that the indoor tap wont freeze and we can water the horses.(work)
Im wearing the same amount to bed as I am to work.
The dog is wearing her coat all the time
There is ice on the inside of our windows....we have no central heating....
My OH asks me to turn UP the bedroom storage heater - she is normally hot in the arctic!
Ive had no feeling in either little toe for a week...I think they are still there!
3 layers of socks just doesnt cut it, but theres no more room in my boots!
We have the heater in the tack room running 24/7 so that the indoor tap wont freeze and we can water the horses.(work)
Im wearing the same amount to bed as I am to work.
The dog is wearing her coat all the time
There is ice on the inside of our windows....we have no central heating....
My OH asks me to turn UP the bedroom storage heater - she is normally hot in the arctic!
Ive had no feeling in either little toe for a week...I think they are still there!
3 layers of socks just doesnt cut it, but theres no more room in my boots!
Happy Hunter
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My horse - who HATES being punished with schooling, actually does everything excellently and with enthusiasm just to get back to her warm stable rug!!!
When you realise you havent showered in a few days just because you cant face the cold bathroom water!!!
When you sleep with 3 duvets, an electric blanket and a warm man - but your feet still make him shreek if you accidentally touch him with them!!!
When you realise you havent showered in a few days just because you cant face the cold bathroom water!!!
When you sleep with 3 duvets, an electric blanket and a warm man - but your feet still make him shreek if you accidentally touch him with them!!!
MochaDun
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...you go to leave the yard to head to work of a morning, get in your car and only then spot your frozen nose hair gleaming and sparkling...and you've just been standing having a chat with someone
...your hands are so dry the skin under the nail starts to dry out and separate away
...endless people carelessly spill water from the tap right outside your stable door and it freezes on contact with the concrete
...even the horse makes a face when you put your freezing hands down inside his stable rug..
...your hands are so dry the skin under the nail starts to dry out and separate away
...endless people carelessly spill water from the tap right outside your stable door and it freezes on contact with the concrete
...even the horse makes a face when you put your freezing hands down inside his stable rug..
Fee Fo
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My horses saw grass yesterday for the first time in 15 days. Bless. It's the little things!
Hacked_Off
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I did this! I dug 2 holes, buried my feet and stood there for 15 mins till they were warm again